We present to you the winter soap operas, where the cases of Alexis Vega, Juan Escobar, Chicharito Hernández and Chicote Calderón stand out
He winter market in the Liga MX He was surrounded by several novels that emerged throughout these months. The unexpected signing of Cristian Calderon with America, the return of Javier Hernandez and of Andres Guardadoas well as all the episodes that starred Cruz Azul and Alexis Vegawere topics that took over the conversation in recent weeks, before the closing of records in the Closing 2024.
We present to you the novels that developed during the transfer market and how they concluded.
Javier Hernández and his arrival at Chivas starred in one of the novels of Clausura 2024. Imago7
America and its search for a left back
The Águilas began the winter market with the options of Gerardo Arteaga and Omar Campos as the main candidates to reinforce the left back, one of André Jardine’s requests. However, America changed the candidates they had on the table and ended up signing Cristian Calderonwho was freed after Chivas decided not to renew his contract due to ‘Chicote’s’ disciplinary problems during the last half of 2023.
Omar Campos and Gerardo Arteaga changed teams, but did not join the Águilas. The first of the Santos youth players ended up at Los Angeles FC in the MLS, while the second returned from his time in Europe, with Genk in Belgium, which lasted three and a half years, to sign a contract with Monterrey.
Guardado’s return to Liga MX, but not to Atlas
Andres Guardado He emigrated from Mexican soccer in 2007, after two years in which he appeared in Atlas’ first team, the team in which he debuted. Before playing in European football, ‘The Little Prince’ played 62 games with the red and black team, with which he scored six goals and five assists.
Deportivo La Coruña was the team that opened the doors to Andres Guardado in Europe. Later he went through Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen, PSV Eindhoven and Real Betis. After 16 and a half years, ‘The Little Prince’ returned to Mexican soccer, but he did not do so to play with Atlas. He signed a contract with León, a team in which he already debuted.
Cruz Azul and its multiple chapters
La Maquina was the team that made the most movements in the winter market, whether up or down. There were hirings of a sports director, a coach, as well as six footballers, which could have been seven, but the negotiation of Jorge Sánchez fell apart a few hours after the registrations were closed, due to the refusal of Porto, the team to which Ajax loaned him at the beginning. it’s from the season.
Iván Alonso, the sports director, commanded Cruz Azul during this market. He first appointed Martín Anselmi as coach, and later began putting together the squad. Gabriel Fernández, Kevin Mier, Gonzalo Piovi, Camilo Cándido, Lorenzo Faravelli and Luis Jiménez arrived at the Machine.
The case of Juan Escobar was another of the issues that marked the winter market from Cruz Azul. Days after the Machine debuted in the Closing 2024, the defender had an argument with Martín Anselmi, after the player was not considered a starter in the preparation matches. Due to the above, the cement coach decided not to take him into account anymore and the board looked for another team for him. The Paraguayan aroused the interest of several teams, including América, but finally signed with Toluca.
Toluca, the ‘terror’ of Cruz Azul in the winter market
Alexis Vega It was one of the stories to follow, after, due to disciplinary issues, Chivas chose to release him. Cruz Azul was the first team to raise its hand for the Mexican attacker, but after weeks of negotiation, the footballer could not reach an agreement with the Machine and the transfer fell through.
After the failed negotiation Alexis Vega, Cruz Azul had an internal problem between Juan Escobar and Martín Anselmi, who immediately asked the celestial board to make the defender transferable. Toluca took advantage of the two ‘setbacks’ of the Machine and negotiated with Chivas the return of its youth player, as well as the signing of the ‘Boss’ with the cement producers.
Chivas and the dream welcome to Chicharito
Social networks came to a standstill with the return of Javier Hernandez to Chivas, after 13 and a half years in European soccer. He ‘Chicharito’ He left Guadalajara, the team in which he grew up and made his debut, in the summer of 2010 to sign with Manchester United, a team in which he was champion five times, including two Premier Leagues, as well as a Champions League final.
In addition to Manchester United, ‘Chicharito Hernandez He defended the colors of Real Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, West Ham, Sevilla, and LA Galaxy outside of Chivas, until this winter market finally saw the youth player’s return to Guadalajara.
Chivas organized a party to welcome its youth player. He held an event in front of a packed Akron Stadium, in which figures who were important in the race of ‘Chicharito Hernandezlike Sir Alex Ferguson and Carlo Ancelotti, in a night that was full of emotional moments that brought Javier to tears on more than one occasion.
Funes Mori, Monterrey’s scorer, and his early injury with Pumas
The winter market marked the separation of Rogelio Funes Mori and Monterrey. The relationship between ‘Twin’ and Rayados lasted eight and a half years, in which the forward remained the Monterrey team’s top scorer, after scoring 160 goals in the 328 games that the Pandilla had as a footballer.
Monterrey did not renew its top scorer in history, which left the door open for Pumas to sign 32-year-old Rogelio Funes Mori. However, in just his second game with the UNAM team, ‘Twin’ suffered a rib fracture during the match against Atlético de San Luis, which will leave him out of circulation for a month.
2024-02-06 03:15:36
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